Karen Mulder, a 1990s supermodel who made shocking claims of rape by powerful men and was later hospitalised, has been cited online in discussions about the Epstein files, here’s what is known about her story.
As interest in the Epstein files has surged, a name that has resurfaced in online discussions is Karen Mulder, a Dutch supermodel who was one of the biggest catwalk stars of the 1990s and later became a controversial figure after speaking out about sexual abuse by powerful men.
From supermodel to shocking claims
Karen Mulder rose to fame in the late 1980s and 1990s, walking for high-profile fashion houses such as Valentino, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani and Chanel, and even signed with Victoria’s Secret in 1992. Her work placed her alongside some of the era’s most recognised models.
In 2001, Mulder shocked the fashion world when she appeared on a French television show, Tout le monde en parle (Everybody’s Talking About It), and publicly claimed she had been raped by multiple powerful men, including politicians, police officers and figures linked to her former modelling agency. The interview was never broadcast and its recording was deleted. Shortly afterwards, Mulder repeated similar statements in another Paris interview.
Hospitalisation and disappearance
Hours after her second interview, Mulder was reportedly taken by her sister to the Villa Montsouris psychiatric clinic in Paris, where she stayed for about five months. The stay was said to have been paid for by Gérald Marie, the former CEO of Elite Model Management in Europe, a figure who has faced multiple accusations of sexual abuse himself. After years of battling chronic depression, Mulder also survived a serious suicide attempt in 2002.
In the years since, she has largely disappeared from public life. Sporadic reports have surfaced, including a 2009 arrest in Paris after she allegedly threatened to attack a plastic surgeon, but Mulder has stayed out of the spotlight for long stretches and now lives a private life.
Connection to the Epstein Files
While Mulder’s claims did not directly
involve Jeffrey Epstein at the time, some commentators and online posts have speculated that her allegations about powerful men and hidden networks of abuse echo the themes emerging from the
unsealed Epstein documents. These discussions largely circulate on forums and social platforms, and Mulder’s name has been evoked by those drawing broader connections to patterns of exploitation documented in the Epstein case. No authoritative source directly links her as a named victim in the
official _Epstein files_.
Mulder’s story remains a complicated footnote from the early 2000s, one in which a high-profile figure attempted to speak about abuse at great personal cost, only to retreat from public view amid serious mental health struggles and media backlash.
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